Title The epidemic : the rot of American culture, absentee and permissive parenting, and the resultant plague of joyless, selfish children / Robert Shaw with Stephanie Wood.

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Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	PS J649.1 SHAW	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	618.9289 S535E	Check Shelf

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243).
Contents	Introduction: Waking Up! ix -- 1. Stricken Children, Stricken Families 1 -- 2. Teaching Your Child to Love 25 -- 3. Starting Down the Right Path 49 -- 4. The Truth and Consequences of Child Care 77 -- 5. Whose House Is This Anyway? 103 -- 6. Raising Moral Children in a Valueless World 133 -- 7. Don't Touch That Dial! 161 -- 8. Who Stole My Childhood? 193 -- 9. Out of Contact, Out of Control 209 -- Afterword: What Every Parent Needs to Know 231 -- Staying in Touch 239.
Summary	Argues that modern parents have gradually adopted attitudes and practices that result in joyless, selfish, and sometimes dangerously alienated children, and tells parents what they need to do to reverse the trend.
Subject	Conduct disorders in children -- United States.
	Behavior disorders in children -- United States.
	Children with social disabilities -- United States.
	Social skills in children -- United States.
	Parents of children with disabilities -- United States.
	Parenting -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
	Child rearing -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
	Behavior disorders in children. (OCoLC)fst00829899
	Child rearing -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00854603
	Children with social disabilities. (OCoLC)fst00855655
	Conduct disorders in children. (OCoLC)fst00874555
	Parenting -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01053419
	Parents of children with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01053495
	Social skills in children. (OCoLC)fst01123345
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Indexed Term	Parents
	Child rearing
	Psychology
	Social values
	Juvenile delinquency
	United States
	Overseas item
Added Author	Wood, Stephanie, 1961-
ISBN	0060011831 (acid-free paper)
	9780060011833 (acid-free paper)
	006001184X
	9780060011840

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